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Statuette of the Personification of Constantinople, 300–500
Byzantine
Copper alloy; 10 1/16 x 5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in. (25.5 x 14.4 x 10.3 cm)
Fletcher Fund, 1947 (47.100.40)

After Constantinople became the capital of the Roman empire in the early fourth century, small-scale statues of personifications of the city circulated throughout the empire and in distant provinces.

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    Statuette of the Personification of Constantinople, 300–500
    Byzantine
    Copper alloy; 10 1/16 x 5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in. (25.5 x 14.4 x 10.3 cm)
    Fletcher Fund, 1947 (47.100.40)